This week for my next activity for the Summer Learning Journey program I made a summer haiku. I based my summer Haiku off of eggs because during the summer I would always eat sandwiches on the deck outside. A haiku is a Japanese styled poem using the 575 code, Aka 5 syllables, 7 syllables, and then back to 5 syllables.
This week for my next summer learning journey activity I was asked to find reasons for why something doesn't belong with the others. I filled out the slideshow you see below with my answers of what doesn't and does belong of the four items. I did this nine times, I also created my own "What doesn't belong" challenge on the last slide. Challenge yourself, and try my game on the last slide.
In this activity, I was asked to create a chorus about a topic chosen. The topic I chose was about sandwiches because they are one of my favorite snacks to have. In this chorus I used the ABC's tune as the tune for the chorus.
I found this challenging and at the same time creative and interesting.
For our task today we were doing a task called What are you doing today?. In this task we have to rearrange Maori words to make a sentence.
The first sentence we arranged is "What are you doing today?" The translation of that sentence is "Kei te aha koe i tenei ra?"
The next sentence we arranged is "I am going to.." In this one we had to add the right Maori word from a pile of words. I chose papa takaro which means field or playground. So the sentence would be "I am going to the field/playground."
The final sentence we arranged is the same as "I am going to.." but we get to choose any word. I chose kaukau which means swim. So that means the sentence would be "I am going to swim"
This task was hard because I'm not that good at understanding Maori.
Kowhaiwhai is a form of Maori art that represents a story.
First, I researched about someone called Tanerore. Tanerore has something to do with shimmering air. People in Maori performances will shake their hands to represent the shimmering air action.
Next, I watched a video that showed people using the shimmering air action in a Maori Dance.
The kowhaiwhai I made is meant to represent the waves at the beach. I thought that people go to the beach during summer so I chose to represent waves.
This activity opened up my imagination a bit because I had to think of something summer related that I could represent using kowhaiwhai.
I created a look-a-like of a moth. To create this I used things that I found outside. I chose a moth because I had an idea for the wing patterns.
First, I thought about what insect I was going to make. After I chose the moth I found a reference image of one.
Next, I went outside to try and find the materials that I thought I might need. The materials I gathered were dandelions, buttercups, different kinds of leaves, and a plant that I cannot name.
Lastly, I tried to piece my materials together to create a moth like creature. I tried to find things for the furry body, the big and small wings, and the patterns on the wings.
This activity was quite fun and it made me use my creativity a bit more.
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The Fishy False Teeth article is based around a practical joker admitted to faking a story. Students read through an article explaining the story and what happened.
First, students watch an instructional video on how to complete the Fishy False Teeth task.
Next, students would fill out a template thats supposed to show who the characters are, what part they played in the story, and what their outcome was. students completed this template so that they can understand the article.
Lastly, students watched a soundless video that was similar to the fishy false teeth article. After watching the video students would fill out a comic strip with phrases that we thought the two men in the video would be saying.
This activity opened up my imagination a bit because I had imagine what the characters were saying.
In the first part of the Summer Learning Journey I was briefly introduced to Nanogirl, or Michelle Dickinson. I had been told that Nano girl will be with the Summer Learning Journey for the next 6 weeks.
The first task that I recieved was to find and collect some materials that she had talked about in the task explanation video. These materials might be found around your house, but if you didn't have the materials at your house then you might have to bribe Mr Wong and Mr Ogilvie to borrow a material.
Next I had to record me and my group going around and collecting the items. We had to make sure that there was a specific way we held the camera. We had to make sure the camera had 1/3 of our face in it and the rest was us showing the materials that had been gathered.
LI: To participate in Summer Learning Journey tasks.
The teaser task for the summer learning journey was to re-colour an original artwork on a colouring site.
The artwork below was originally made by Vincent Van Gogh and it was made in 1890. The title of the artwork is 'Roses'.
The reason that these colours were chosen to redraw the image was because most of them were similar to the original artwork.
LI: To redraw a famous artwork
